Team Canada names women’s hockey team for 2018 Olympic Winter Games

The Canadian roster has been named for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in women’s hockey. Canada has won the gold medal in women’s hockey in each of the last four Olympic Winter Games and has momentum heading into South Korea, having dominated the United States in a series of pre-Olympic games throughout North America over the last two months.

Of the 23 players who made Team Canada, 13 won a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. They are Meghan Agosta of Windsor, Ontario, Laura Fortino of Hamilton, Ontario, Haley Irwin of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Brianne Jenner of Oakville, Ontario, Rebecca Johnston of Sudbury, Ontario, Genevieve Lacasse of Kingston, Ontario, Jocelyne Larocque of Ste. Anne, Manitoba, Meaghan Mikkelson of St. Albert, Alberta, Marie-Philip Poulin of Beauceville, Quebec, Lauriane Rougeau of Beaconsfield, Quebec, Natalie Spooner of Scarborough, Ontario, Shannon Szabados of Edmonton, Alberta and Jennifer Wakefield of Pickering, Ontario.

Team Canada will be in a pool with Canada, Finland and the Olympic Athletes from Russia. All teams from the pool advance to the medal round with the top two teams from Canada’s pool advancing directly to the semi-finals. The gold medal game will be played February 22.